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EC not receptive of FIFA quota plan
Pan-European - 26 February, 2008
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The quota plan supported by FIFA and its president, Sepp Blatter, was not been well received by the European Commission.
A spokesman for the EC said the plan would violate European Union labour laws, and the EC was not inclined to push through the quota plan.
Blatter wanted no more than five non-national players per club.
That probably will not deter Blatter from submitting the plan to the FIFA Congress, which is to be staged at the end of May in Sydney. Blatter is hoping that there will be a sport provision in the latest European Treaty.
The English Premier League and select clubs opposed the quota plan. English FA chair Lord Triesman did not come against the plan, instead saying it merited some consideration.
A spokesman for the EC said the plan would violate European Union labour laws, and the EC was not inclined to push through the quota plan.
Blatter wanted no more than five non-national players per club.
That probably will not deter Blatter from submitting the plan to the FIFA Congress, which is to be staged at the end of May in Sydney. Blatter is hoping that there will be a sport provision in the latest European Treaty.
The English Premier League and select clubs opposed the quota plan. English FA chair Lord Triesman did not come against the plan, instead saying it merited some consideration.
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